The Sun. — London, England, 1826-05-12 00:00:00

The Lottery now on Sale is .the Last that will ever be allowed in this Kingdom. The price of Tickets and Shares will rise in a Jew days. There are Six of £30,000. • All to be drawn in One Day. PRICES OF STOCKS THU Bank Stock — 3 per Cent. Red 77f *Wit 3 per Cent. Cons. N . per Cent. 3911 Ditto Red 94i S per Cent. New - - , .9.1 4 t Ditto Scrip 111 pm. (lank Long Ann. IS V! loths 1 India Sto?k ' ',, Zil Ditto Bonds 8 0 pin. rtticEs OF FOREIGN el Austrian Bonds, 5 per cent.... Bruin:in Bonds 55 1 5 % Buenos Ayres Bonds — Chaim Bonds, 6 per Cent. — colornbkn Bonds — Ditto, 1921 123 .1 3 4 3 4 Deli sh, 3 per cent. 5 V t 4 1,4 "reek Bonds Ditto, 1820 ' 1514 Guatiurll4 Xtexic3n Bonds 53 I)itto, it,.'s MIX 2 ;4' PRICES OF SHARE; British Iron Mining Company llaytien Mining Company United Mexican Mining Comp , Protector Fire Insurance Conn: Canal Gas Engine Company , Mexican Company DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. South Sea Stock ' Old Annuities .............. : New Ditto Ex BIM, ,£1,000 • 2d. • 11 1) pin. Ditto 5OO 2d. ll 1 pm. Ditto ,Small Ditto Adveitised Bank for Amount' Indin for Account Cons for Acconnt 1802 i - , rNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Neapolitan, ism Peruvian Bonds 31% Portuguese Bonds 32 Prussian, 5 per cent. Ditto, New — Rusdian, New, 5 per cent. Spanish, 1921, 5 per cent. ----- 1823 — French Kentea, 5 p. c. —f —c. -- Exchange —l. —c. —3 per cent. -- Exchange. 2sf. 55c. • - -- , -- • - i AT ONE 0 CLOCK. , -.-- __ Paid. Per Share. £3O 6 1%6 my 2O 19 211 y any 2 1 1A 1 "1-16ths 15 514 6 5% Arrived Due. Arrived. Due. 1 Dublin I WaterAird 0 0 Jamaica 0 1 Guernsey 2,..fer,ey. 0 0 Leeward Islands 0 Lisbon 1 0 Malta 0 0 Gottenta.rgh 1 0. America 1 0 Hamburg' 0 0 Brazil 1 I Holland 0 0 Buenas Ayres ...... 0 I France HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Morning M minutes after 5. I Evening ....... 19 minutes 'after & '` e We I 1111 LONDON, • FRIDAY EVENINGr, MAY 12, 1826. The important debate in both Houses of Parlia ment last night, on the proposed admission into the market of a limited quantity of Foreign Corn during the recess, in case of emergency, terminated trium phantly to his Majesty's Ministers, and consistently ' with sound and rational policy. The motion of the Earl of MALMESIWRY, in. the House of Peers, was negatived by a•majority of 166 to 67 ; and the second reading of the Bill Was carried, in the House of Com mons, by a majority of 124. The discussion of •this question was carried on in each house of Parliament with that temper and mode ration, by which, on all subjects, a right conclusion is most certainly arrived at, but which 'was more especially requisite on a questiOn involving the most important interests of the country. The result will be hailed with satisfact;on from one end of the kingdom to the other ; and the wisdom of it will be evinced, not only by the return of tranquillity in the 'disturbed districts, but by the, moral effect which it will produce on the minds of all classes of persons, in proving: to them that the Legislature and the Government are' ever ready to adopt sn.-11 measures as the exigency of cir cumstances may require_ for the general good, but regu lated by a due regard for the intcrests of particular Classes. To ourselves it is a subject of great congra tulation that we have steadily advocated the adoption of measures which may be said now to, have received the sanction of both branches of the Legislature, and that we h a v e nev e r do u bt e d th a t th e decision ,of Par liament would be that which, in the opinion of all disinterested persons, is necessary for'the alleviation of present, 'end security against futuredistress, while it is unlikely to' be 'injurious to the separate interests of any class of the community. in accordance with the general plan of this ,Paper, to insert in its lastpage such of the Leading Articles , .of other 'Daily Journals as contain original matter, we have given insertion to an article from the, Times of this morning ; but we are convinced that its peru sal will excite the disgust and indignation of every right thinking person of all parties. The coarse and Vulgar allusion which' it contains to ,the most exalted T!orsonage of .the. Kingdom, exhibits one of the most striking proofs winch we have met with of the depraved taste of the writer of that article. — T 0 speak of the Sovereign in other than tenns of respect, is at any time a breach of propriety on the part of a subject of 'a Monarchical Government, but to do so at thisi moment, and on the occasion to which the article refers, is a violation of duty of the grossest .and most outrageout character. The benevolent regard for the distresses of his subjects which hiS Ma jeBtY has manifested .by his proinpt.and most munifi cent donations to the Manufacturing Districts, otight, ;if no sense of duty or other consideratiOn had in •finenced the writer of this article, to .have protected ftlte,lc!; , rq from insult ;and if his MAJESTY'S personal influence has been exerted' as stated by the Times, to carry tht-ough. Parliament' the measures for the relief and seeinity'cf ~ilt a people against further distress, an expression of .gratitude, rather than of insult, shoUld have ,beeii offered however, of the ,T.inzes, . . The object, , itt Nturn . is evidently to lessen the respect due o£ f ation which Ills NA- JiSTY fillS; Mid its disrecraide Constantly t ri-d!Tl'be4 d sttcred itAti tutions of society, is direct attaCks . npori thern, as by the exhibited, , paltry well by d of offering insults to the persons who fill try mo e _le Highest . and most exalted. stations, sanctioned by those insti tutions. ~ Some of the Papers have stated that the Purser oi the Hon. .Company's ship Vansittart, who arrived al the East India House yesterday, brought a confirms. tion of the report of., the termination of the War with' the Burmese. On enquiry, we found that this Gen tleman's information was detived from the same source as that of the former report which reached us from the st,lldena, with the addition, in the present case, that the Purser had been on board the Mellish, and learned the particulars himself from some of her Offi cers. . We,;however, remain sceptical as to the fact of Pea%.4o,vingrt4en place at the date of the sailing of iller 444 ; but we shall be glad - to find that our saner , f ro m circumstances has Jed us to a wrong , a pdr,ol friend' the Courier, is a keen fellow,- and .: ~ It ` 0 on .l Icichghts,the world with rare 4 , specimens" of his singular discoveries. It was but the other day, that in a prophetic mood, he discovered that a situa tion which fell vacant on the coast of Africa, was to be filled up. But " Travellers see strange things," and our eccentric friend in his perambulations north ward, suddenly stopped at Sheffield, to edify his readers by an extract from the Iris of that town, de scribing the presentation of " specimens of cutlery presented to his Royal Highness the Duke of Yong:, by the Corporation of Cutlers of Sheffield." Now, we do not quarrel with our pains-taking contemporary, for his anxiety to give the earliest intelligence to his readers, but we assure him, that this identical article of which he has yesterday given a specimen, was com municated (word for word as the courier has it) to the public by the SUN, exclusively, on Friday last, copy ing which from us, would have saved the Courier a wild goOse chase to Sheffield ; but probably our friend was in the predicament of the Irishman, who did not care how long the road was if it were not so broad. A few days ago a Morning Paper, the Representa )e, announced the death of the Bishop of PETEIt BOROUGH, which we in common with other Papers repeated. After allowing, as we thought, time enough for contradiction of the statement, we yesterday gave a brief sketch of the Rev. Hon. Prelate's life, and this morning we find in the sane Morning Paper a para graph, of which the following is a copy :- 4 , We are happy to learn that the report of the death of the Bishop of PETERBOROUGH is not correct:' What this Paper calls a report, we how not, for the Bishop's demise vas unequivocally announced under the head of 4, DEATHS. "..On Thursday last, the Right Rev. Dr. Herbtrt Mash Bishop of Peterborough." We are not usually inclined to be merry on grave subjects ; but, when the Times made all the Lawyers look black, and the Radicals blue, by announcing the death of Mr. SCARLETT,itgave a colour to the story, by relating the particulars of the Learned Gentleman's short illness and melancholy fate. It gave « His last dying " speech and confession, birth, parentage, and educa tion, life, character, and behaviour ;"—and there fore completed a hoax of the first renter. We have forgotten how much the funds declined, and articles of mourning rose in price ; but certain it is, that the Learned Lawyer, one morning at his breakfast, saw his own name figuring in the Obituary of the " Lead- ing Journal." The Representative has not committed itself thus far ; but we do think a more, ample apology should be offered for an unfounded statement, which, presuming as we did on the extensive means of information pos sessed by that Journal, led us into an error, which we sincerely regret ; although we feel infinitely happy in the discovery that we had been deceived. Mr. HumE's proposed measure of repealing the I restrictive Laws against the exportation of Machinery, was brOught forward last night. We have already fully shown the injurious tendency of such a step, and we are happy to find that the proposition was so mtich discouraged, that the Honourable Mover abandoned his project altogether for the present Session. Mr. IlumE, who has certainly not done schooling yet, had on this occasion a sound fogging from Mr. Birch ;—such applications, often repeated, would be of groat service to the ji gurant of St. Stephens. We received German Papers morning, Ulf eir•contents are wholly uninteicsting. THE .FUNDS. City, Twelve o'clock this day, Three per Cent. Conseil, 78ff ; for Account, ; India Bonds, 4 per Cent. 8, 11, pm. ; Exchequer Nile, 9, 11, pm. ; Four per Cent. Scrip, pm. • FOREIGN 42i; Danish, 641, 5; Greek, 15i, 16 ; Mexican, 6 per C,ent., 62i, 3 ; Peruvian, 6 per Cent. 31, 32 ; Russian, 5 per Cent., 75i, 76-1; Spanish, 1821, 7i, 8; .1823, 41, 51. - SHARES.—Mexican Mining, 20, 17i, dis. ; Brazilian, IS, 11, dis. ; Colombian, 2 to 8-.1. pm. ; Tlalpuxahua, 15, 20, pm ; United Mexican, A, dis., if pm. Two o' Clock. Consols have continued very heavy, and have fallen, within this ais hot hour, to 78ii, they are:rather bet - ter new, and may be quoted 781 to • Scarcely any business. This has proved a very dull day, and nothing can come in from the Westward from the prevalence of easterly winds. SHIP NEWS. [FROM LLOYDS.] DEAL, MAY 11.—Wind E.N.E.—.Pained through from the River the Timandra, Wray, for India; and the Chieftain, Patti eon, for St. Vincent's. PORTSMOUTH, MAY 11.—Wind S. S.E.—No arrivals. Passed by,the Maria Jacoba, Bart, from Curacao iu 44 days, for Arn sterdam. P L YMOUTH, MAY lO.Wind S.—Arrived the General Blu cher, from St. Michael's. Sailel the Palmyra transport, with troops, for Quebec; end the Jupiter, Baker, for Schien. Off the port the Charles Brook, Bell, from St. Viu- cent's. FALMOVTII, MAY JCL—Wind N.—Arrived the Mary, Quick, from Cork ; and Emanuel, Bredsdorf, from Sehien. LIVERPOOL, MAY 10.—Wind N.—Arrived the Edward, Cor meracs, from Virginia; sailel the 6th of April ; on the 26th, Ist. 46. long. 29. spoke .the Industry, from Ni.weestle to North America; on the 28th, lat. 49. long. 22. the David. Scott, from Liverpool to North America ; on the Ist May, lat. 60. long. 12. the Jane, from Westhaven to Pictoui -Norval, Leslie, Nassau, N,P. Sailed the 30th 'March, Wm. Dawson, Hutchinson, Charlestone. The Barton, from Ilarbadoes, was off Holyhead yes terday. The Alfred, Lamb, from Bombay, is not Oil, as reported yesterday. 11 1 MARGATE, MAY 11.—Part of the stern o f a • sma ll ll ve s se l , With " Four 13rotheri of Anstruther" on it, has come on shore at Reculvers.. The Calypso arrived in the Clyde on Saturday last from Trim. dad—sailed 28d March; the. New Phienix, White, for London, and the Marys Bur n et, for .Clyde, were to sail 26th March; the foundling for the Clyde about the 29th ; the Trinidad 'and the Belment about the 14th April. On the 4th instant a puncheon of brandy was picked up off Cape Tirling, county of Donegal, with barnacles half an inch long on it; A. G. branded on the bung. The, top-mast of a square rigged vessel iyaa picked up at the same time. OLD BAILEY.—(Tins DAY.) OLD COURT. CHARGE OF MURDER. Ann Elliott, aged 42 years, stood indicted foil the wilful murder of Wm. Bartlett, in the. parish of St. Mary, Whitechapel, on the 2d of April last. • George Lang, lives at No. 1, Brook-street. About half past. seven in the evening of the 20th of April, he was standing at the door, when WM. : Bartlett came up to.him, seemingly drunk, the prisoner was standing by him ; she. and the deceased lodged in the same room. The prisoner retired round the corner before the de ceased came up. ShOrtly after the deCeased went up stairs, and the prisoner, being at the top, pushed him down, and said, " Now, what do you think of a West country woman." About ten minutes after he heard her say, "It is only one of your drunken fits." She did not appear sober at the time. Charles Mullet, a boy about ten years old, saw the prisoner push the deceased down stairs. • William Piggot lived in the neighbourhood; being sent for he got half way down the kitchen stairs, and saw the prisoner, having her arms under the deCeased's head, as if she was trying to lift him up. He then went down stairs ; there was a flag at the bottom, near which lay the head of the deceased, who was bleeding at the nose, breathing a little ; his skull was fractured, and the blood came from his ears. He requested the pri soner to have him sent to the Hospital, but she said, " Better let him alone till the morning, and he will recover." Witness gave an order to the parish officers . to have him removed to the Hospital, and saw him there dead on the Monday following. The prisoner acknowledged to him that she had pushed the deceased down stairs. The Beadle of London Hospital stated, that about five o'clock on the 21st of April, the deceased was brought to -him, and that the prisoner told him she was not his wife, but had lived with him 11 years. She acknowledged having pushed him down stairs. Richard Bertsidge,, : a surgeon, saw the deceased about six o'clock next morning, he was then dead. Witness attributed his death to a fracture in the skull. The prisoner, in her _defence, handed forward a written statement, disclaiming any intention of injuring the deceased on whom she mainly depended. Two witnesses were called, who gave her a good character. Baron HULLOCK, in charging the Jury, said, that there was no grounds of accusing her of murder, and recommended them to find her guilty of Manslaughter. —The Jury without hesitation returned a verdict of Manslaughter. John Langley and John Fippes were • indicted for burglary m the dwelling-house of Mr. William Aberdeen, and stealing therefrom 'three handkerchiefs. The prosecutor saw the prisoners at his shop window about half-past eight on the 25th of April. John Fippes had put his hand through the window, and re moved the handkerchiefs. The glaSs had been broken before ;—it did not appear that Langley assisted —he got a good character. The Jury, con trary to the charge of the Judge, brought in a verdict of Guilty against both the prisoners. KING'S THEATRE. Tai!tredi, last night, gave Pasta an opportunity of displaying her extraordinary powers to a brilliant, but not a crowded .house ; she was in fine voice—her exe cution of Di Tanti Palpiti was one of the most per feet exhibitions of vocal excellence that we ever wit nessed; it was enthusiastically encored, and threw all the rest of the Opera into'the shade. Caradori looked and sang delightfully; Curioni was as usual ; and Pe althouinth out of his place, acquitted himself well. The Opera; one of Rossini's best, spent off ad mirably, nooNitbStanding the effect'7as injured by the introduction of ,as nwks-ard ' and as affected a female . attendant as ever disgraced the boards. DRURY.L4NE THEATRE. Mr. Elliston last pight essayed ',the character of Falstaff. Those who,, now: him in his range of cha racters can form a tolerable estimate of his success. The performance was a mixture of excellence with coinmon-place ac ting, butt. Elliston was never dull: of the , variety of opinions expressed by the auly Papers we subjoin several " He never represented the hearty, lively, and cheery Knight i be was every where the superannuated, . and; we are .sorry to say, dull debauchee."—Representative. • "In the chuckling laugh, and the rapid transitions from bound less merriment to graver sareastn,he is very successful; and in the jovial, hearty, swaggering passages, he is irresistibly ludi crous."—Herald. " No actor of the present day. possesses Suer natural requisites for the part of Falstaff; to which a large stock of qualifteations must have been added, derived from his experience of the stage, and of the great drama of life itself." — Times. It is singular enough that points on which it is im possible for men of ordinary capacity to differ should be thus left to the decision of the interested 'or igno rant, and that actors should be flattered or injured by the partiality or caprice of Newspaper Reporters, The Duke of York arrived in town about two o'clock yesterday afternoon from Newmarket. His Royal Highness was engaged in the afternoon trans acting business with Sir Herbert Taylor, his Military Secretary, at the Royal Duke's residence in South AU dley-street. The Duchess of Gloucester, and the Princess Au gusta, took an airing together yesterday morning in the Regent's Park and its neighbourhood. On Wednesday evening the Princess Augusta ho noured the Concert of Ancient Music with her pre- sence. The Duke of Clarence takes the Chair at the Meeting of the Scottish Corporation, which is to be held this day in the Freemasons Tavern, supported by Lord Saltoun, Lord Glenorchy, and other No blemen ; the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and others of his Majesty's Ministers ; the. Lord Mayor of Lon don, and the Lord Provost of Edinburgh. The fes tivity of the evening will be excited by some of the most eminent singers, who have promised their com pany, independent of those usually engaged on such occasions. The striking and characteristic likeness of his Ma jesty, from the portrait of T. C. Thompson, R. H. A., is one of the best specimens which we have seen of the English school of Mezzotint° engraving, and is executed by Turner in his: happiest manner. The son of Canaris, who is receiving his education at Paris, was, a short tune since, in the saloon of a fa mily, who exercised great kindness towards him. Be ing observed from time to time to bend his fist, and make menacing gestures before an image of the French rather soine m su aTeu ri l s it e le, is surround e d by a richwas excited. This head, whichCorumrs,, turban. The young Greek, under the influence of a blind sentiment of courage and vengeance, exclaimed, Cut off that big Turk's head I" BONDS FOR RESIGNATION OF LIVINGS. A question of considerable importance to the Clergy is about to be discussed in the House of Lords as a Court of Appeal, in the case of Fletcher v. Sondes, and which involves the principle in which the above mentioned bonds have been hitherto held valid. A practice has obtained of late years for patrons of bene fices, who are desirous of presenting particular persons to them, but which persons cannot by law, at the time the livings fall vacant, take upon themselves the cure of souls, to present another person to the Bishop for admission and induction, and to take from that per- son a bond in a penalty conditioned for the forfeiture of the penalty, in case the obligee shall not resign the living in question, according to the terms mentioned in the condition of the bond. These bonds are called Bonds of Resignation, and for a length of time were held to be valid, whether the resignation were general to resign . on demand, or special to resign in favour of a particular person. The only objection, indeed, that could be advanced against these bonds was, that they were contrary to the Canon Law, and also opposed to the spirit if not the letter of the statutes against simony, and 'many attempts were made to overthrow them, so as to allow the party who gave the bond to retain the living contrary to the terms on which he was. presented. So little effect, however, did this opposition produce, that in the case of Peele v. Earl of Carlisle, reported in Strange's Reports, 227, the point was held too clear for argument, and the Court positively prohibited the COunsel from indulging in any line of observation that went to impugn this then fixed and settled doctrine of the law. this prin ciple was even carried further, and the Court held a bond Of this kind to be forfeited, although the incum bent was willing to resign, but was prohibited from so doing by the Bishop. This point was decided in Hes. keth v. Gray, H. 'I. 28 G.. 11. On the other hand, it is' to be observed, that opposite doctrines have been held by, the Courts. But this, indeed, cannot avail very much, for the same thing occurs -in almost every doubtful point of law ; and, further, the cases opposing the doctrine now under consideration, oppose it rather by implication than.by direct and positive decisions. Thus the mat ter stood until the celebrated case of Ffytche v. the Bishop of London. The facts of this case were simply these : the intiff was the patron of the living of Woodhani' Walter, in Essex, and he presented one John Eyre to the Bishop for adMission and induction. The Bishop refused, because the presentee had ac knowledged that he had given a bond to the Patron in the sum of 3,0001. conditioned to resign on request. The plaintiff then brought his quare inapedit against the Bishop, and the Court of Common Pleas gave judgment for ,the plaintiff, affirming the bond, anti upholding the ancient doctrine, which prevailed in this respect. Dissatisfied with , the decision, the Bishop brought a Writ of :Error to the Court of King's Bench; which COurt 'affirmed the judgment of the Court.b4OW. Undismayed, the Bishop pursued his object by Writ of Error to the House of Lords, and which House reversed the judg ment of the Courts of King's Bench and Common Pleas. , This ease is reported in Brown's Parliamentary Reports, 2 vol. 211. ; and by this Report it would appear that the reversal took place in opposition to the opinion of the eight Judges who delivered their senti ments on the occasion Ever since this' memorable decision , the Courts hive been in doubt whether to hold these bonds legal or otherwise, or whether to make a distinction between general and special bonds of resingation, and determine one to be valid and the other illegal. Accordingly . we find Mr. Justice, Dampier saying—‘, I know that since the case of The Bishop of London v. Nytche it has been considered that bonds of resignation in favour of specified persons are not illegal." That is to say, . that special bonds of resignation are valid. Now the side note of the case 'of the Bishop and Ffytehe, as reported in ,Brown's Reports, is thus expressed : NVhere a Clerk, previous to his being presented to a living, gives his patron a general bond of resigna tion upon request, such, bond is good, 'and the Ordi nary cannot refuse admission to the Clerk' so pre sented. This, the reporter tells 'us, was the effect of the decision of the House of Lords, and . truly we ought to be greatly Obliged to hint, aS - without it we declare it quite impossible to arrive at any conclusion on the subject. It will be. readily perceived that the . okter dictum of Mr. Justice Dampier and the side-note of the reporter are . at varianpc,' and that we remain just as much puzxled'aS . eicr between the validity . of the general and special bond. , Nor will ,the case in the King's Bench assist us a.great deal. The . side-note given there is as follows : Held .bY B. 11: that the Ordinaryof his diocese may not refuse to admit a Clerk to a rectory to which he was presented, because he had, given a general bond to resign upon request of his patron. This judgment we have said was reversed ; but we ask are, not the side notes of the two reports as like one another as possible ? 'Both hold general benda, good, both declare the, Bishop cannot refuse to,admit a clerk upon such grounds; and yetthe judgment of the Court of King's Bench was reversed. Prom these cases there is no authority to' say,tbat special bonds are good; and it would appear quite as little to warrant a conclusion that general bonds are bad ; and altogether the question is so, nicely involved by cross ; decisions and cross reports, that we are pleased to aee some one hardy 'enough to open it again, and let us have a little more light upon this darksome subject. We heartily hope, however, the house of Lords will support the bond, beeause we' cannot believe that any evil can come the. Church by it, seeing that the powers of the ordi [wry are sufficient to prevent the admission and induc tion of improper or insufficient clerks. A Morning Print has gravely charged. the Chan cellor of the .Exchequer with inconsistency, because went into a Committee to examine evidence on the question of Scotch Banking, and decided in the Committee according to the evi dence 1 We remember a story of en old Scotch Judge. In times long past, who was met posting down to the Parliament House in Edinburgh. ". Whither so fast, my Lord?" said his friend, " Hoot ! I'm just gaein' awa' to hang a mon," replied the Judge. In fact, the said man had not, at that moment been put upon his trial; but trying and hanging were probably deemed synenymous by. his Lordship ; who must, no doubt, be re gariled by our contemporary as the beau ideal of judicial im partiality. We understand that a private meeting of Ship owners was held yesterday in the City, to consider the inadequate state of the Ileproentation of the Shipping Interest in the House of Commons ; when it was resolved that a Meeting of Ship owers shall be held on 'Tuesday next, at one o'clock precisely, at i l nuwn the George and Vulture Tavern, to consider whether any, and what, steps are advisable with reference thereto—...Publie Ledger. HAII. INSVAANcE SOCIETY.--A society has neffesellnagishiledisuarat Tecesrnage,ailveitthiossthepraopxuretatiboyn hail Government, ; been t ig that, destructive as are its ravages, still they are only partial ; and as the means of averting them by means of hailconductors have been been unsuccessful, a society has been had recourse to, to repair the METROPOLITAN IMPROVEMENTS. Amongst the splendid improvements which the taste and ingenuity of modern times have suggested,we know of none more distinguished,—none so calculated to give general satisfaciion, as the project of widening the Strand. This great thoroughfare iiuni the City to the West-end of the Metropolis, presents now a pas- sage difficult to the pedestrian, and at all times oi - ea.; ' sively inconvenient f of every denomination. carriage s` Yet, calculating upon the rapidity With which the dirty miserable neighbourhood .of Swallow-street was .. ' converted into the splendid road which ' now reaches from -Pall-mall to. Portland -.l ac . '.. t , e,, 1)c, may shortly have to congratulate the Public upon the sud den transformation of the bustling and jostling line of the Strand to a broad, magnificent. street ; of the width of which we may form some' con ception, from the space in the inimeiliate front of So merset House, The demolition of Exeter 'change may incommode some of those inhabitants who have lung formed part of the Menagerie community of Mr. Cross; but it is some consolation to know, that as they have travelled from the most distant parts of the world td that . spot---( , ‘ out-damned spot," ; as Lady Macbeth says), they will not. be much inconvenienced by another jaunt of a mile or two, probably the extent of their journey ere they take up another abode. This concern being dispensed with, we have nothing but a miserable collection of oyster shops, liquor shopS, and tobacco .shops to regret the loss of, and the line is cleared from the New Church to Kin g Charles on horseback. Having thus disposed of affairs westward, we would most willingly recommend the destruction of that dingy patch of buildings between the New Church and St. clement s, that these two places of Worship, which are really ornaments to the neighbourhood, may be viewed to perfection, instead of being half hidden by the old clothes shops of Holliwell-atreet, and cramped up by old Betty's Chop Honse and the Spotted Dog ;--,-nay, we are in a destructive mood, and we would sweep off every thing that stands in the'way of a crescent on. the north side of the New Church, as wide as that of St. Clement's, to the discomfiture of all the lath and plaister between that and the Olympic Theatre, which we would. recommend to be newly faced or rebuilt. Presuming the way to be now cleared from Temple Bar to Northumberland House, we would doom the architect for the new buildings to a . walk on the' right side of the street from St. Clement's' to St. Martin's. The rain falling at the rate of an inch an hour, the mud .ancle deep, and he in silk hose and thin pumps ; moreover, we should wish that he had previously paid a visit to Chester, where there are two rows of shops, two foot-paths, bridges across the roads, and so forth, and we are convinced that we should soon . see the founda tion laid for a beautiful colonnade the whole length of the Strand, with foot-paths one story high, so that those, who choose to walk on the ground floor may in dulge themselves under a canopy, and the more aspiring if they please, walk as well as i ladge,up one pair of stairs. To be more serious, we would suggest to the gentlemen under whose management 'the 'prteted improvements are to be conducted, the propriety of constructing: a footway upon the level of the, first story ;'and we are certain, that, operating as it would to the increase of the value of the , property, and in strumental as it would be to the supply of a shelter from rain and sun, it might be made 0110'a the most perfect of all the improvements, combiniUg ,at once taste, elegance, convenience, and even magnifi cence, with the grand desideratum of increasing ma terially the value of every foot of frontage, from Aid gate pump to Northumberland House. GENERAL ELECTION. J. Wood, Esq. barrister (eon of Ottiwell Wood, Esq. of Edge bill, near Liverpool,) made his public entry into Preston, on Mon day, accompanied by Colonel Williams and several other friends. Yesterday morning, the bells of our'Parilh , Church announced the arrival of N. Malcolm, jun. Esq. as a candidate for the repre sentation of this borough in Parliament, in the interest of henry Ellis, Esq.—Boston Gazette. Mr. Robert Smith retires from the representation 'of Lincoln, and Sir Montagu ChOlmeley from that of the borough of'Grant ham, at the ensuing election. George A. Hamilton Esq. has , addressed the freeholders of the County of Dublin, and Solicited their suffrages in his favour, ut the ensuing election. A dinner was given to'T. W. Beaumont, Esq. M.P. by his 'political friends, at the Queen's Head Inn; Newcastle, 'on Friday st. Air, James, M.P. for Carlisle, 11111108.111Cefij' that he (loos nut in teani to offer himself al a nundidate at the ntxteleetion. .The young gontlenner cancUtn' 4 had yesterday morning their Annual , pyialguf„in the school-room, before ri numerous assemblage of larlie. initgentle men, among the latter were several Noblemen, and the Alidtops of London and Chester. At the conclusion. the Woral4fill com pany of Mereers gave 741 elegant dinner to riumerous tinily of Clerical Gentlemen awl the Seniors of the School, at their Hall, in the Poultry. • THE MARKETS. CORN-EXCHANGE-4rms DAY). The supply is again small of all kinds of grain • Wheat has a dull sale, at the advance o Wednesday ; Barley, 'Deans and Pease are in no demand • Oats are in fair salient, at an advance of Is. per quarter, Monday's terms. ARRtVAt.9. English Wheat 2,200 Qrs. Irish Oats - Barley 4 200 Foreign Wheat Malt .......-••••••••• Barley - Oats lib° ----- Oats 4,100 ----- Beans ---- I English Flour 4,000 Sacks. 1.020 Qrg. 470 sm ;pH Filth!) , 111.4 KET, , Tuts DAv). This day'N Market was, :for that of a friday. well supplied, and not very numerously attended by buyers.; Wet experienced a dull sale, at a recession of 'from VAG 441., Veal 4d., and Lomb from 441. to 841. per stone from Alontlay's quotation:4, at which Mutton and Pork were stationery-o:am and inferior Wags producing froth SS. to 3s. 641. ; coarse and in ler ir Sheep, 38.'4c1. to Si.lod. ; second quality IleastA, 3s. 101. to 4s. Od. ; se coed quality Sheep, out of wool, 4.4. 2d. to 4s. 4d., in wool, 4s. 4.1. to 4s. 8d..; prhne long.woolled Sheen, out of wool, 4s. 6d. to 4s. 8.1. ; in wool, 4s. Bd. to 4s. 10d. ; prime large Oxen, 4s. 441. to 4s. Bd. ; prime Scots ? Norfolk home-breds, &c. 4s. tid. to 4s. 10d.; extraordinary prime South Down wallets, 43. 10d. to Bs. od. ; .largo Lambs 4s. Bd. to 55..441. • prime small Lambs, 56. Bd. to Os. ; large coarse Calves, 14s. 4d. to 4s. Od. • Calves of from 12 to 18 stone each, if white in the flesh, ad otherwise complete, ss. 441. to 5.4. 3d ; large Hogs, 4... 0:I. to 4s. 4.1. ; and neat dairy-fed Porkers, not exceeding 7 stone cool:, As. Od. to 68. 41. per stone of 11th. to sink the hut:Ming Calves,' from 12s. to 30s. ; and 'quarter old store Pigs, 12s. to Ills. each. Milch COWS were ,rather nu merous, and, allowing for difference in quality, full 20 per cent. lower .than at Islington yesterday se'nnight, the best' young short horn, being, with their week old calf, worth no more than from 20t. to 221. Supply, as per Clerli'S statement:- Beasts. . 582 11 Calves, , Sheep and Lambs 0,370 Pigti NEWOATE AND LEADENHALL AiANKETS. (At per stone, by the Cartago Beef, front 3s. 2tl. to 44. Od. Mutton, Ps, 4d. to •ts. ll ( l .t Lomb, 4s. ad. to ; Veto, rft,..lod. to As, 1441.; and rotk, 4s. ttd. to 4s. 4d. RO3IFORD MARKET, IL 10. Bcef, from 3s. 10d. to 4s. 10d. t Mutton , 4t. Od. to 54. Ott. ; L►►rib b s. Oct. os. ; Veal, 4*. 4d. to /is. 4d. ; tint! Pork, otl. to ss. 4d. per stone. Soeklinti Calveg, from l 3 4s. to 6, and quarter old store Pio. (Mi n 1441 ' W 184 ' each . 5t It t 1y short, and mutt w i t h moo t hings brisk', ,